William catto greig and edward smethurst



Patented Apr. 4, I899. W. C. GBEIG &. E. SMETHURST.

WIRE FASTENER.

(Application fllsd Aug. 20, 1898-) (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM CATTO GREIG AND EDWARD SMETHURST, OF CHRISTCHURCH,

NEW ZEALAND.

WlRE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,345, dated April 4, 1899.

Application filed August 20, 1898- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that We,WILLIAM CATTO GREIG and EDWARD SMETHURST, subjects of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and residents of 183 Hereford street, Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, in the Colony of New Zealand, have invented a new and useful invention for Improved Means for Securing Fencing- VV'ires to Standards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention provides improved means for securing fencing-wire to metal fencingstandards, whereby a fence is easily erected and taken down, a broken wire or standard replaced, or a number of wires temporarily removed from a standard and tied together to permit the passage of animals over or under them.

In our invention each wire is carried. in an approximately circular hole of considerably larger diameter than the wire, and a channel leading from the hole through the edge of the standard enables the wire to be passed laterally into the hole. A metal link, pivoted upon the standard and passing through the Wire-hole, is arranged to normally swing into position where it closes the channel, but can be swung back to allow the wire to enter and then returned to prevent its passage out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end perspective view, and Fig. 2 a side elevation to a larger scale, of a portion of a fencing-standard, illustrating our invention; Fig. 3, a similar view to Fig. 2, illustrating a modification. Fig. 4 is a plan of a link.

The standard iron on is punched with a circular hole I), having a channel 0 leading through the edge of the standard to ad mit the fencing-wire g. A swinging link (1, which is formed as shown in Fig. 4, is pivoted in a second hole 6 and operates Within hole I) to close channel 0 and prevent the fencing-wire from passing out. To permit the wire to pass Serial No. 689,164. (No model.)

into hole I), the link is turned back into the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, and when the wire has entered it is allowed to assume its normal position. A niche or lip fin the channel 0 receives the link when it is in position to close the channel.

The upper part of Fig. 1 shows the wire attached to the standard and the lower part the position of the link when the Wire is about to be passed into the hole.

In the modification Fig. 4 the swing-link is pivoted above the hole I), which is shaped to permit the link to swing within it and normally close the channel 0 against the exit of Wire g. Wire 9 can be laterally passed through the channel into the hole,the link being swung clear of the channel.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fencing-standard having a hole connected by a channel with the edge of the standard, a swing-link pivoted upon the standard passing through said hole and operating therein to permit entrance of the fencing-wire and then to close the channel and prevent it from passing out, substantially as and for the purposes herein described and illustrated.

2-. In means for securing fence-wires to standards the combination with a standard of a hole b having a channel 0 by which wire can be passed laterally into said hole, a swinglink d pivoted in a hole 6 passing through and operable within hole I) to permit a fencing-wire to enter and then to close the channel 0 against its return substantially as and for the purposes herein specified and illustrated.

Dated the 10th day of May, 1898.

W. CATTO GREIG. EDWARD SMETHURST.

Witnesses:

ERNEST J OHN AUSTISS, HENRIE H. RAYWARD. 

